OECD Lunch Discussion // New Perspectives on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

Launch Launch of the "Food, Energy, Environment and Water (FE2W)" Network, Paris/France

The FE2W Network intends to provide decision-makers at all levels with the knowledge and frameworks to effectively manage the tradeoffs between the security of food, energy, environment and water (FE2W).

The "Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Practice" Forum is a one-day event focusing around three key themes: "Responsible governance of natural resources"; "Collaborative policy and practice"; and "Economic growth and the way forward".

The conference aims to link scientific understanding and progress with policy and decision making to implement a water, energy and food nexus for sustainable development. Furthermore it targets to develop partnerships and networks between interested individuals and institutions with expertise in the water, energy and food sector.

Anniversary // Stories of Change from Asia - A Retrospective of the Asia Centre's Achievements and Seminar on Current and Future Work

On occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre has invited prominent policy-makers and researchers from across the Asia-Pacific region to celebrate, look back on its achievements to date, and share ideas and perspectives on the Centre's current and future work.

Imagine H2O will run a session on the water-energy nexus at the Intelligent Efficiency Conference "Mainstreaming Intelligent Efficiency", organised by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

Summit // "Is there a world water crisis looming?" World Water Summit, London/UK

The world has woken up to the dangerous consequences of the looming water crisis. Demand is rising rapidly thanks to industrialization, population growth, climate change and the planet's growing need for food, yet nature has decreed that supply is fixed. With agriculture, homes, factories and offices consuming water in ever greater quantities, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that by 2030, nearly half the world's population could face a scarcity of water, with demand outstripping...

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